Engineering and Engineers

News about Engineering and Engineers, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 8, 2015

Donovan Hohn First column describes how reversal of Chicago River, long considered triumph of engineering, is now known to be responsible for contaminating bodies of water to the south with invasive species; notes that it is one of many engineering projects, like dams and draining of wetlands, that country is now trying to reverse in order to improve environment. MORE

Nov. 2, 2014

Many colleges are offering cross-disciplinary programs that encourage students to apply artistic approach towards science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. MORE

Nov. 2, 2014

Op-Ed article by Prof Carlotta A Berry describes why she insists on introducing herself as Dr Berry; notes that in part it stems from perception that as a female and African-American engineer, she is less qualified than her white male colleagues. MORE

Jun. 20, 2014

Group of engineering students at City College of New York will participate in national championships for concrete canoeing at the University of Pittsburgh in Johnstown, Pa; concrete canoeing has rich tradition among civil engineers, and at City College, whose teams go back to at least 1970s. MORE

May. 28, 2014

More than hundred students demonstrate their inventions and research for what Pres Obama says is one of his favorite events, White House Science Fair, now in its fourth year; fair highlights education in disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, collectively known as STEM, and honors young achievers in those fields. MORE

May. 4, 2014

Structural engineer Aine M Brazil is quintessential behind-the-scenes player; Brazil and her fellow engineers at Thorton Tomasetti are responsible for 26-acre Hudson Yards neighborhood rising on Far West Side of Manhattan, as well as other high-rise cityscapes, including three million square feet of development in Times Square. MORE

Nov. 20, 2013

The complicated Rube Goldberg machine in a viral video ad from a start-up toy company called GoldieBlox has a simple goal: to show girls that being an engineer is cool. MORE

Aug. 3, 2013

Letter from James Dyson, founder of eponymous company that produces vacuum cleaners and hand dryers, responds to July 29 Advertising column on Air Force program for student engineers. MORE

Jul. 23, 2013

A private job placement company said that there are plenty of job seekers in the United States for thousands of tech jobs, raising doubts over appeals for more foreign guest workers. MORE

Jul. 12, 2013

Report by National Foundation for American Policy says international students make up 70 percent of full-time electrical engineering graduate students in United States. MORE

Jun. 24, 2013

Civil engineering students gather at National Concrete Canoe Competition at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where they pit their designs for concrete canoes against one another; annual competition has been run by American Society of Civil Engineers for more than two decades. MORE

May. 20, 2012

College engineering programs and students are shifting their focus to designing vehicles that are more fuel-efficient, including hybrid and electric vehicles, in response to similar changes within the auto industry. MORE

Dec. 8, 2011

Columbia University is grappling with a rare faculty revolt against Feniosky Pena-Mora, the dean of its engineering school, who has been accused of ignoring professors’ concerns and worsening a chronic space shortage. MORE

Nov. 17, 2011

Survey of more than 400,000 undergraduates shows those in engineering study most outside class, while business majors tend to spend more time at jobs and family duties. MORE

Nov. 6, 2011

Roughly 40 percent of college students planning engineering and science majors end up switching to other subjects or failing to get any degree, for reasons ranging from very difficult freshman classes to lack of math preparation; some schools are addressing problem by switching out dry lectures, in which students can lose enthusiasm for subject, for more interactive classes. MORE

Nov. 6, 2011

List of questions that prospective science and engineering majors should ask at colleges they are considering described. MORE

Oct. 17, 2011

Stanford and Cornell appear to be top contenders in competition for $400 million in land and subsidies to build science and engineering graduate school on New York City's Roosevelt Island; city officials are trying to discourage notion that there are front-runners. MORE

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A decision by the University of Massachusetts to follow through on a law that bars Iranian students from some science and engineering programs sparked fury, consternation and accusations of discrimination.